Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Cairo JdE 95216 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll.1-28 & Vo ll. 1-4: Applied amulet containing a prayer for the protection of Medjou, daughter of Tittiko accompanied by story of St Sisinnios. May be intended to protect pregnant mother and/or newborn. |
| Language(s): | Greek |
| Script(s): | Greek |
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| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
1201 – 1400 |
| Date notes: | 13th or 14th century based on archaeological context (Deptuła, Dosoo & Łajtar (forthcoming)).TM (21/11/2018) dates to the 10th to 12th century. |
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Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Unpublished. Edition in progress by A. Deptuła, K. Dosoo, and A. Łajtar. |
| Image: | http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/Sisinios_Tracing.JPG |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Paper |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 17.9 | Width: 12 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Deptuła, Dosoo & Łajtar (forthcoming). |
| Folding pattern: | 2 vertical creases, 7 horizontal creases. |
| State of preservation: | Complete, some damage along the folds. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | One column each, recto and verso. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Primis (Qasr Ibrim), Nubia (TM places ID: 1916) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Primis (Qasr Ibrim), Nubia (TM places ID: 1916) |
| Present Location: | Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Collection History: | Found in 1980 excavation of Qasr Ibrim (Egyptian Nubia) by the Egypt Exploration Society (Deptuła, Dosoo & Łajtar (forthcoming)). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
73 |
| Collection website: |
| Notes/Discussion: | Photographs and transcripts available in the British Museum’s Qasr Ibrim Archive under the call IDs Neg. 80F86/33–36 and 80F87/4–5. The name of the beneficiary, ⲙⲉⲇⳝⲟⲩ (Mejou) is written in Old Nubian script. |
| Bibiliography |
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| Translations: | |
| General: |
DBMNT no. 2880 (http://www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl) |
| Trismegistos ID: |
371374 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | KD (22/11/2018); KD (26/9/2025) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M710," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m710. Accessed on 27/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Edit History", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.